Neckwear-fastener.



No. 685,5!3. Patented Oct. 29, mm.

, w. H. HART, In.

N ECKWEAR FASTENER.

Application filed June 14, 1901.)

(No Model.)

JIIIEW 5110054 for QVil'nemco 7 WM l fltto'cnegp UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

WVILLIAM H. HART, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKWEAR-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,513, dated October 29, 1901.

Application filed June 14, 1901.

T (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HART, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neckwear Fasteners or Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

It is common to form a fastener or retainer for the band of an article of neckwear of a piece of elastic material, a slide, and a ring at one end of said band and a hook at the other end thereof. One of the difficulties in such construction is the want of inexpensive, convenient, and efficient means for attaching said piece to the cross-bar of said slide, and this my invention is intended to provide. To this end I employ a novel device on said piece, the same being adapted to reliably engage the cross-bar of the slide and prevent disengagement of the piece from said slide, while also strengthening the end of the elastic piece, said shoulder being of simple and inexpensive construction, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of the neckwear fastener or retainer embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 represents a face View of the same in primary condition. Fig. 4 represents a plan view of a piece of prepared material from which fasteners or retainers embodying my invention are produced.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a piece or Web of elastic material, the same having thereon the slide B and ring 0, which are well known in fasteners or retainers for the bands of articles of neckwear. One end of said piece A is adapted to be secured to an end of the neckband of a tie or otherarticle of neckwear, and the other end has attached to it the transverse strip D, which is formed of flexible or pliable material*such as tape, ,gimp, buckram, dam-preferably non-elastic, so that it is comparatively non-yielding in its nature. When the piece A is inserted in the slide B, it passes over the cross-bar of the latter and the strip D has its inner end abut against said cross-bar, it forming an enlargement or shoulder which engages as a stop or serialNo. 64,552. (No model.)

lock with said cross-bar, as will be hereinafter described, thus preventing withdrawal of the end of the piece A from the slide B and providing a reliable connection of the piece A with said slide. Y

In order to secure the strip in position, the outer side of the same is gummed to the piece, and, furthermore, stitched to the same, as at (1, thus firmly uniting the strip to the piece, the inner side of said strip being free from said piece, the gum'or adhesive material employed also preventing the end of the piece from raveling. When the web is applied to the slide and drawn up tightly, the inner end of the strip D, which is free, produces the tongue E in the space between which and the adjacent portion of the piece or web A the cross-bar is received, said cross bar then abutting against the stitches a, said tongue overhanging said cross-bar, and thus the displacement of the Web from the slide, and vice versa, is prevented.

A piece of prepared material for producing the fastenings or retainers is formed, as in Fig. 4:, of a number of pieces of elastic placed side by side and a strip of material suitably coated on one side with adhesive material-= such as tape, gimp, buckram, &c.-laid with the coated side down on the said strips at a right angle thereto and pressed thereagainst. The strip and pieces are then stitched together on the lines 1 1, after which said strip and pieces are cutthrough or separated, as at 2, and the strip furthermore cut through right angularly, as at 3, thus producing articles similar to the one shown in Fig. 3, it being seen that there is a saving of elastic ma terial, in that the same terminates at the ends of the pieces A, and the strips may be formed of inferior material, which are, however, stifiened and strengthened by the adhesive material applied thereto.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure-by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fastener or retainer for an article of neckwear, a piece of elastic material, and a transversely-extending separate abutment thereon at one end thereof, and partly secured thereto and partly free therefrom, said piece being adapted to have its other end connected with the neckband of said article.

2. In a fastener or retainer for an article I of neckwear, a piece of elastic material, and I0 of neckwear, a piece of elastic material, and a transversely-extending separate abutment a transversely-extending strip of comparathereon and partly secured thereto by adhetively inelastic material on one end of said sive material and stitches and partly free 5 piece and partly secured thereto, the secured therefrom.

part being adapted to abut against a member \VILLIAM H. HART, JR. of the adjusting-slide employed, and the free I Vitnesses: 7 part being adapted to overlap said member. JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM,

3. In a fastener or retainer for an article E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS. 

